General evaluation of periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage in premature infants in mainland China [Çin'de prematür infantlardaki periventriküler-intraventriküler hemorajiler hakki{dotless}nda genel bilgiler]

Objective: to explore the incidence and analyze the high risk factors of pivh in premature infants in mainland china. materials and methods: a total of 1122 premature infants at 37 weeks gestation were enrolled in this study. all the infants received intracranial ultrasound examinations within 1 week after birth,and the perinatal data were recorded to analyze the high risk factors for pivh. results: the results showed that the incidence rate of pivh was 55.2% in mainland chinese population. among these cases,mild degrees of pivh accounted for 82.2% and severe degrees of pivh accounted for only 17.8%. the most important risk factors related to pivh were low gestational age,low birth weight,low apgar score and ventilatory treatment,etc. conclusions: it suggested that there were many high risk factors related to pivh in premature infants and a screening cutoff point of 2000 g appeared to be more adequate for china.